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• Teens' brains aged faster during the first year of the pandemic, study says, and stress may be to blame

  The brains of U.S. teens have physically changed during the COVID-19 pandemic, aging faster than normal, a new study says.

  

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  TREND LINE | Health care surpasses inflation as top national issue of concern: Nanos

  Health care has surpassed inflation and jobs as the top national issue of concern, according to Nanos Research’s weekly tracking, as Canadians read reports of hospital emergency rooms under strain and a 'tripledemic' of flu, RSV and COVID-19 cases spiking across the country.

  

• New virtual care fees come into effect today in Ontario. Over 12K people signed a petition to reverse it

  More than 12,000 people have signed a petition calling for the reversal of a new fee structure in Ontario that significantly reduces the amount some doctors get paid to provide virtual care.

  

• HIV activists hope World AIDS Day marks an end to backsliding on infections, stigma

  HIV activists are marking World AIDS Day by urging Ottawa to help stop a global backslide in progress on stemming infections and stigma.

  

• Certain packages of TUMS antacid recalled, tablets may contain fibreglass and aluminum foil

  Certain packages of TUMS antacid have been recalled after tablets were found to contain fibreglass fragments, aluminum foil and 'other material,' according to Health Canada.

• China eases COVID-19 controls amid effort to head off protests

  More Chinese cities eased anti-virus restrictions and police patrolled their streets Thursday as the government tried to defuse public anger over some of the world's most stringent COVID-19 measures and head off more protests.

• Cruzilles brand fruit jellies recalled over undeclared milk

  The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for Cruzilles brand Acid Mini Pastille -- Fruit Jellies because the candy contains milk which is not listed on the label.

• Eating grapes can help protect against sunburns, skin cancer: study

  New research suggests eating grapes might help protect against skin damage caused by UV light, including sunburns and skin cancer.

• Calls for expanded safe supply as B.C. counts another 179 toxic drug deaths

  British Columbia's coroner says the overdose death toll for October reached 179 people, prompting a renewed call for Premier David Eby to introduce a widely accessible safe supply of drugs.

• 'This is a first': Experimental drug slows Alzheimer's -- but can it make a real difference?

  An experimental Alzheimer's drug modestly slowed the brain disease's inevitable worsening, researchers reported Tuesday – but it remains unclear how much difference that might make in people's lives.

• Majority of Canadians support legal protections for abortion, survey finds

  Decades after abortion was decriminalized in Canada, a new survey suggests the majority of citizens think it’s time to codify access in law.

• Penalty asked for Indiana doctor who spoke of 10-year-old's abortion

  Indiana's Republican attorney general on Wednesday asked the state medical licensing board to discipline an Indianapolis doctor who has spoken publicly about providing an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim who traveled from Ohio after its more-restrictive abortion law took effect.